Extension of flower longevity in transgenic torenia plants incorporating ACC oxidase transgene

Plant Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-101

  Aida, Ryutaro ^a   Yoshida, Takanobu ^a   Ichimura, Kazuo ^a   Goto, Rie ^a   Shibata, Michio ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid oxidase gene; Flower longevity; Gene silencing; Torenia fournieri

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CULTIVAR; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; SENESCENCE; SILENCER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

TORENIA FOURNIERI;

EID: 0032476685     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00139-3     Document Type: Article

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